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Photograph depicts skins of two grizzlies, heads attached. The skins are spread on elevated poles, a man stands beside the bear skins. There is an alpine meadow and scrub trees in the background.

Photograph depicts two grain elevators at Creston, BC. The Creston CPR yard lies behind the camera. The line is on a downgrade away from the camera, starting its descent to the valley bottom for Kootenay Lake. The grain elevators are a rare sight in BC.

Two of the four men appear to be pulling in a floating log.

Figure on the left is a club-shaped cylindrical figure with bulbous human face at one end; abalone shell is inlaid in the face for eyes. Figure on the right is a club carved in the shape of a whale with inlaid eyes and engraved markings on its sides. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “51-1”

Annotation on verso: "CF-ABK Takla L.". Photograph depicts two floatplanes at dock along Takla Lake.

Photograph depicts two unidentified men standing on a log in front of the boat "Columbia", each holding a fish in one hand and a fishing pole in the other.

Photograph depicts two First Nations girls holding two infants on a wooden walkway with trees in the background.

Photograph depicts two First Nations boys standing on either side of a First Nations girl on a wooden walkway.

Photograph depicts two First Nations boys posed for the camera in the forest.

Photograph depicts two Vancouver firemen wearing Justice Institute hats standing on a firetruck.

Tables stand under elaborate tent pavilion.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “June 04 Dobrzensky Garden Party”.

Photograph depicts two dump trucks on snowy dirt road in forest, the truck in back dumping its load.

Photograph depicts unknown men driving bulldozers on edge of mine area at high elevation. Dozers are Internationals, model TD24 (manufactured between 1947 and 1955). Valley and mountain range in background.

Photograph depicts two dogs in grass area, street and buildings in background.

Image depicts two dogs and a person walking on a path through the woods somewhere in Carp Lake Provincial Park.

Grass in foreground, trees in background. Photograph speculated to have been taken in Nass Valley, B.C.

Caption: Pork and beans may do for mere mortals but goats and beans is the food of the gods. Item is a photograph of two dead goats laying side by side in the snow; a rifle has been placed between them.

Photograph depicts the rear view of two C.P.R. snowplows in the Coquitlam yards. The one in the forefront is #400790.

Photograph depicts the front view of two snow plows at the C.P.R. Coquitlam yards.

Photograph depicts a toddler and a young girl seated on the bumper of an automobile parked in front of a house.

Photograph depicts two Caucasian girls wearing dresses and hats standing on a dock, water and a shoreline in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "The Wee-uns".

Image depicts two unknown children in a house somewhere in Island Cache.

Caption: "On PGE Railway, B.C. between Lillooet and Clinton. Young cayuses, evening snack on the track."
A "cayuse" is a pony.

Figure on the left is a club-shaped cylindrical figure with bulbous human face at one end; abalone shell is inlaid in the face for eyes. Figure on the right is a club carved in the shape of a whale with inlaid eyes and engraved markings on its sides. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “51-1”

Image depicts two campers at an uncertain location, possibly somewhere near Meldrum Creek, B.C.

Image depicts two campers at an uncertain location, possibly somewhere near Meldrum Creek, B.C.

Trees on mountain base visible in background.

Photograph depicts two houses on pilings in front of a wooden walkway.

Postcard photograph depicts sternwheelers tied to river bank.

Printed annotation on recto reads: “The B.C. Express mail Steamers No. 102.”

Photograph depicts a two bay locomotive shed of the round-house style at Alberni on Vancouver Island.

Profile perspective of two model totem poles carved from argillite, set against a white backdrop. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “43-2”

Pedestal bowl carved out of argillite into the shape of a bird next to a table top bowl featuring a seated human figure looking into its centre. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “49-4”

Photograph depicts two 3-truck Shay locomotives, #114 and behind her #115, belonging to the Railway Appliance Company at the Vancouver Wharves Ltd. in North Vancouver. They are in daily or weekly use. Both were built by Lima Locomotive Works Inc. Locomotive #114 was built in July 1928 as #3320 and #115 was built in October 1929 as #3344.

Photograph depicts two 3-truck Shay locomotives, #114 and behind her #115, belonging to the Railway Appliance Company at the Vancouver Wharves Ltd. in North Vancouver. They are in daily or weekly use. Both were built by Lima Locomotive Works Inc. Locomotive #114 was built in July 1928 as #3320 and #115 was built in October 1929 as #3344.

Photograph depicts Moran standing between cameraman and son Pat (who holds infant) on deck in backyard. Trees, fence, and neighbouring yard in background. Accompanying note from Maureen Faulkner: "T.V. Camera & crew documents you, your life & family." Photo taken on the day Bridget Moran received an Honourary Law Degree from the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, B.C.